The Mistress of the Robes is the senior lady of the British Royal Household. Formerly (as the name implies) responsible for the Queen's clothes and jewelry, the post now has the responsibility for arranging the rota of attendance of the Ladies in Waiting on the Queen, along with various duties at State ceremonies. In the past, when the Queen was a Queen regnant rather than a queen consort, the Mistress of the Robes was a political appointment, changing with the government. However, this has not been the case since the death of Queen Victoria in 1901, and Queen Elizabeth II has only had two Mistresses of the Robes in more than fifty years' reign. Queens dowager have their own Mistresses of the Robes, and in the 18th century Princesses of Wales had one too. In modern times, the Mistress of the Robes is almost always a duchess.
Read more about Mistress Of The Robes: Mistress of The Robes To Queen Mary I, 1553-1558, Mistress of The Robes To Queen Elizabeth I, 1558-1603, Mistress of The Robes To Queen Anne, 1603-1619, Mistresses of The Robes To Queen Anne, 1704-1714, Mistresses of The Robes To Caroline, Princess of Wales, Later Queen Caroline, 1714-1737, Mistresses of The Robes To Augusta, Princess of Wales, 1736-1763, Mistress of The Robes To Queen Charlotte, 1761-1818, Mistress of The Robes To Caroline, Princess of Wales, 1795-1820, Mistress of The Robes To Queen Adelaide, 1830-1837, Mistress of The Robes To Queen Victoria, 1837-1901, Mistress of The Robes To Queen Alexandra, 1901-1925, Mistress of The Robes To Queen Mary, 1910-1953, Mistress of The Robes To Queen Elizabeth, Later Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother, 1937-2002, Mistress of The Robes To Queen Elizabeth II, 1953-present
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“Let me see, what am I to buy for our sheep-shearing feast? Three pound of sugar, five pound of currants, rice—what will this sister of mine do with rice? But my father hath made her mistress of the feast, and she lays it on.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
“But the nature of our civilized minds is so detached from the senses, even in the vulgar, by abstractions corresponding to all the abstract terms our languages abound in, and so refined by the art of writing, and as it were spiritualized by the use of numbers, because even the vulgar know how to count and reckon, that it is naturally beyond our power to form the vast image of this mistress called “Sympathetic Nature.””
—Giambattista Vico (1688–1744)
“What did you go out into the wilderness to look at? A reed shaken by the wind? What then did you go out to see? Someone dressed in soft robes? Look, those who wear soft robes are in royal palaces. What then did you go out to see? A prophet? Yes, I tell you, and more than a prophet.”
—Bible: New Testament, Matthew 11:7-9.
Jesus speaking about John the Baptist.